JekRankin
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 04:16 PM |
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R1 radiator - can you buy them new?
Does anyone know if you can still buy 02/03 R1 radiators new, and if so, how much they cost?
I recently bought a used one on ebay, and while its probably in decent condition as far as a 6 year old bike rad goes, a fair few of the fins on the
front are caved in, and I don't think I'd be confident using it on my car!
A nice condition used one would be ideal, but I get the feeling that these might be quite hard to come by!
Jek
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coozer
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 04:47 PM |
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Sure your local bike dealer will say yes while grinning and rubbing his hands together...
Just make sure you take tons of wonger and a sense of humour when you go
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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JekRankin
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 04:55 PM |
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I take it they're expensive then!
Might persevere with my shabby one, and try and straighten the bent fins with a tooth pick.
Think I'll also take a trip to a local bike breakers to see if they have any ones in better condition too.
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clairetoo
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 05:41 PM |
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If it's for a Fury , why not use a Polo rad ? Larger , and a lot cheaper
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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hobbsy
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 06:23 PM |
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Not necessarily any better at cooling though.
With the R1 engine from same year I have the Polo rad and JimG has the R1 rad - we run pretty much identical water temps under the same driving
conditions.
Given the choice I'd fit the R1 rad its not worth the aggro of me changing it at the moment from the Polo rad although it would save a bit of
weight...
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blakep82
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 07:00 PM |
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if it does leak then keep it 
if it ain't broke, don't fix it and all that
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JekRankin
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 07:52 PM |
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It doesn't leak, but I was more worried about the cooling efficiency being reduced by the bent fins. I'm going to have a shot at
straightening them up and see how it goes.
I've chosen the R1 radiator because its a good few kilos lighter than a polo one, especially when you take into account the higher capacity of
the polo version. Radiator and fan cost me £50 delivered on ebay, so if I can use it, then it should work out cheaper than a polo one with fan!
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